DNF Controls 2MCE-24P, User Manuals

Page 1: ... Machine Cuts Only Editor 12843 Foothill Blvd Suite C Sylmar California 91342 V 818 898 3380 F 818 898 3360 sales dnfcontrols com Model No 2MCE 24P Two Machine Cuts Only Editor With 24P Editing Capability USER MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...HE VIDEO STANDARD 6 I SET PREROLL VALUE 6 4 OPERATION 8 A TRIM AN IN OUT POINT 8 B CLEAR AN OUT POINT 8 C GOTO IN OUT POINTS 8 D CRASH RECORD 8 E PERFORM AN EDIT 9 F PERFORM AN OFF SPEED EDIT 10 G PREVIEW AN EDIT 11 H REVIEW AN EDIT 11 I ONE MACHINE AUTOEDIT 12 J ONE MACHINE AUDOEDIT PREVIEW FUNCTION 13 REFERENCE 14 5 SETUP MENU 14 6 FUNCTION TABLE 16 7 SPECIFICATIONS 17 RS422 SERIAL CONNECTOR 17 ...

Page 3: ...3 2MCE 24P Two Machine Cuts Only Editor 1 REVISION HISTORY 100903 1 0 Original document 112103 1 1 Added DNF Controls Limited Warranty ...

Page 4: ... IN OUT points by manually entering desired time OR By MARKing tape location Trim and TRIM keys and numeric keypad provide a fast and easy way to trim IN and OUT times Trim by frames second minutes or hours Easy to perform off speed edits Select source playback speed Set Source IN point Set Recorder IN and OUT point Perform the edit Change Source speed during edit During INSERT recording hot punch...

Page 5: ...ELECT RECORDER Press SHIFT VTR1 SHIFT VTR2 SHIFT VTR3 or SHIFT VTR4 to select the RECORDER The VTR s LED will flash c SELECT PLAYER Press VTR1 VTR2 VTR3 or VTR4 to select the PLAYER The VTR s LED will turn on NOTE Selecting a PLAYER VTR will automatically put the RECORDER VTR into EE mode The selected PLAYER VTR indicator will turn on and remains on when the RECORDER is selected d REFERENCE VIDEO ...

Page 6: ...press the SOFTKEYS to select Video Audio1 Audio2 Audio3 or Audio4 NOTE The 5 SOFTKEYS are located just below the Display 4 Press ESC to exit the setup menu Indicator will turn off h SET THE VIDEO STANDARD 1 Press MENU The menu indicator will turn ON 2 Turn the wheel until Video Standard is displayed 3 Press the softkey a key underneath the desired standard 24P NTSC or PAL to select a video standar...

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Page 8: ...er and Player will be cleared to 00 00 00 00 c GOTO IN OUT POINTS 1 Press GOTO The GOTO key Indicator will turn on 2 The display will prompt for IN or OUT 3 Press IN to goto the IN Point Press OUT to goto the OUT Point OR Press ESC to exit without searching d CRASH RECORD NOTE Check the Record option in the Setup Menu It should be set to Crash Record 1 Select the Recorder 2 Press SHIFT RECORD if t...

Page 9: ...king the current tape time 6 Press PREVIEW to preview the edit 7 Press REC to perform the edit The RECORDER and PLAYER will preroll then synchronize At the IN point the RECORDER will go into record At the OUT time the RECORDER will terminate record 8 During the edit in INSERT mode press the Softkeys to punch desired channels into and out of record 9 Press STOP at anytime to abort the edit OR For O...

Page 10: ...pressing IN and marking the current tape time 8 Set the optional OUT Point by manually entering a time using the numeric keyboard OR By pressing OUT and marking the current tape time OR By pressing SHIFT OUT The display will show the current RECORDER duration Manually enter the desired duration using the numeric keypad Press OUT to save the entered duration OR Press ESC to exit without saving the ...

Page 11: ...o preview the edit The PREVIEW key indicator will turn on 2 At the IN point the record ready channels will go into EE mode At the OUT point the record ready channels will go to playback mode 3 Press STOP at anytime to abort Preview 4 Upon completion the PREVIEW key indicator will turn off h REVIEW AN EDIT Review mode is only available after a successful edit has been completed 1 Press REVIEW to re...

Page 12: ...how the current PLAYER duration Manually enter the desired duration using the numeric keypad Press OUT to save the entered duration OR Press ESC to exit without saving the entered duration 4 Press AUTOEDIT The recorder will preroll to the IN point The second line of the display will say Prerolling The recorder will be put into PLAY mode At the IN Point the recorder will go into Record The second l...

Page 13: ...e display will show the current PLAYER duration Manually enter the desired duration using the numeric keypad Press OUT to save the entered duration OR Press ESC to exit without saving the entered duration 4 Press SHIFT AUTOEDIT The machine will preroll to the IN Point The second line of the display will show Prerolling The machine will go into PLAY mode At the IN point the record ready channels wi...

Page 14: ...the wheel is turned Upon entering OFFSPEED mode the slomo speed is always restored to the preset value set by SHIFT SLOMO MAX WIND SPEED Press MENU to select the desired maximum wind speed WIND MODE Press MENU to select the desired wind mode LATCH or HOLD LATCH Fast wind is initiated and maintained with a momentary key press HOLD Fast wind is initiated and maintained only while key is pressed Upon...

Page 15: ...ault and recommended setting EDIT MODE Press MENU to select the EDIT MODE MODE1 or MODE2 MODE1 All IN OUT marks will use Timecode as time type regardless of the TIME MODE selection MODE2 The currently selected TIME MODE will be used when marking IN OUT RECORD DELAY Manually enter the VTR Manufacturer s record latency in frames 0 99 ...

Page 16: ...e speeds PREROLL PREROLL Preroll the VTR to the contents of the currently displayed Cue Point PREROLL VALUE SHIFT PREROLL Enter desired Preroll Value Press ENTER to save entry OR press ESC to exit without saving entry RECORD SHIFT REC Places VTR in the Record mode selected by RECORD MODE in the SETUP MENU One button record RESET TAPE TIME DEL TIME MODE Reset the Tape Time to 00 00 00 00 on the cur...

Page 17: ...mechanical detents RS422 SERIAL CONNECTOR 9 Pin D Type Female DB9F Pin 1 Frame Ground 6 Receive Common 2 Receive A Í 7 Receive B Í 3 Transmit B Î 8 Transmit A Î 4 Transmit Common 9 Frame Ground 5 Spare POWER CONNECTOR 9 Pin D Type Male DB9M Pin 1 5v DC 6 5 VDC 2 5v DC 7 Ground 3 Ground 8 Ground 4 12 VDC 9 Ground 5 12 VDC GPI IN OUT CONNECTOR 15 Pin D Type Female DB15F Pin 1 GPI 1 Out Pin 9 GPI 1 I...

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Page 19: ...ontrols at its option will repair or replace the defective unit DNF Controls will return the unit prepaid to the customer The method of shipment is at the discretion of DNF Controls principally UPS Ground for shipments within the United States of America Shipments to international customers will be sent via air Should a customer require the product to be returned in a more expeditious manner the r...